Plastic Surgeons in American Hand Surgery: The Past, Present, and Future

Stanford and Palo Alto, Calif. From the Divisions of Hand Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, and the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. Received for publication July 12, 1999; revised November 3, 1999. James Chang, M.D. Divisions of Plastic and Hand Surgery Stanford University Medical Center NC-104 Stanford, Calif. 94305 [email protected] Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24, 1999. Winner of the 1999 Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Essay Scholarship Contest. No commercial associations or conflicts of interest exist.